cattle industry
Livestock farming sector
The cattle industry encompasses the breeding, raising, and selling of cattle for beef, dairy, and leather.
It includes ranching operations, feedlots, slaughterhouses, and meatpacking plants.
The cattle industry dominates the economy of several Western states.
The term often appears in discussions of land use, environmental impact, and agricultural policy.
- calvingIce mass separation
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- stockyardLivestock enclosure for trade
- methane emissionsGreenhouse gas discharge
feeding · grass fed · free range · deforestation impacts · carbon footprint · feedlot · slaughterhouse · hide · grazing · ranch · range land · agricultural subsidies · mad cow · cow · branding · herd · drovers · corrals
- Midwest Economycorn farming, wheat farming, grain elevators, farm equipment, John Deere
- Alberta HistoryEdmonton, Calgary, Banff, homesteaders, settlers
- Northeast MexicoMonterrey, Tamaulipas, cabrito, machaca, flour tortillas
cattle industrycrop farming
Growing plants for harvest
vegetable farming · horticulture · viticulture · cereal production · wheat farming
cattle industryfish farming
Cultivating aquatic livestock
aquaculture · poultry industry · chicken farming · shrimp farming · oyster farming
cattle industryveganism
Complete animal product abstention
vertical farming · Beyond Meat · sustainable agriculture · regenerative farming